Carpet-fastener



(No Model.)

A. B. WILCOX. CARPET PASTENER.

No. 600,845. Patented Mar. 15, 1898.

may be secured to the floor.

llNrTnn STATES ARTHUR B. WILOOX, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

CARPET-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,845, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed May 18, 1897. $erial No, 687,10'7- (-No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. WILoox, of Meriden,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Carpet-Fasteners, (Case 0;) and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked therethe same; Fig. 3, a sectional view in the closed position; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the lever detached; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the floor-plate detached.

p This invention relates to an improvement in carpet-fasteners of that, class which are permanently secured to the floor and so as to be readily engaged with ordisengaged from the carpet, as occasion requires.

The object of this invention is to produce a device simple and cheap in construction which is substantially concealed by the carpet and in which the lever is so arranged as to be frictionally held in either the open or closed position and out of contact with the wall, and also one which permits the carpet to be folded under at the edge, if desired; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

The fastening is formed in two parts and comprises a floor-plate A and a wire lever B. The plate A is formed from sheet metal and provided with tack-openings a, whereby it In the center of the plate are two longitudinal slots 0 O in line with each other, which substantially divide the plate, the two parts of which are connected at the ends by bridges D, which are bowed upwardly, and by a central bridge E, which is bowed downwardly. The stem F of the lever extends below the bridges D and above the bridge E, and its outer end, which projects beyond the plate, is formed with a sharp bend f. This stem is slightly bowed, so as to bear upon the bridges, whereby the lever will remain in either its open or closed position. The inner end of the lever is bent at a right angle to the stem, then inwardly parallel with the stem, and the pointg is also bent at a right angle to the plane of the stem. Preferably the portion h will be slightly bowed, so as to bring the point into proper position for insertion into the upper surface of the carpet.

Preferably the corner of the floor-plate below the point 9 of the lever will be cut away, so that the point may be forced entirely through the carpet and, if desired, slightly into the floor.

As the point of the securing-lever enters the upper surface of the carpet it follows that the edge of the carpet may be turned under and securely held in position. If the end of one side of the floor-plate extends slightly beyond the lever, as shown, that projecting end 61 forms a locatingpoint which should be placed close to the wall and so that the lever will not come in contact therewith, although it will be very close to it. This arrangement of lever therefore permits the carpet to be placed very close to the edge of the wall and only exposes a small portion of the lever.

The floor-plate is readily formed from sheet metal and the lever as readily formed from wire and the parts assembled without difficulty, as the lever when reversed is easily inserted between the bridges of the plate, but when turned to the open or closed position is securely held under the action of the spring caused by the bend in the shank.

I am aware that carpet-fasteners comprising a floor-plate formed from metal and a lever formed from wire,the point of which is adapted to enter the upper surface of the carpet, have been made, and also that the shanks of wire levers have been bent to coact with a spring for holding the leverin either the open or closed position. I therefore do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, such as my invention; but, 7

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ist 1. The herein-described carpet-fastener comprising a floor-plate and a lever, said floor-plate formed from sheet metal and having two centrally-arranged longitudinal slots,

whereby a bridge is formed at each end and in the center of the plate said center bridge bowed reversely to said end bridges, and a lever, the shank of which extends through said slots for engagement with said bridges, said lever bent at its outer end and provided with a retaining-point, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described carpet-fastener, comprising a floor-plate formed from sheet metal with two longitudinal slots forming a bridge at each end and in the center of said plate, the end of one side of the plate projecting beyond the bridge at that end, and a wire lever, the shank of which extends through said slots beneath theend bridges and over the central bridge, said shank turned upward at its outer end, and the inner end bent at right angles to said shank, thence parallel therewith, and provided at its outer end with a retaining-point in a plane at right angles comprising a floor-plate formed from sheet metal with two longitudinal slots forming a bridge at each end and in the center of said plate, the end of one side of the plate projecting beyond the bridge at that end, and a wire lever, the transversely-bowed shank of which extends through said slots beneath the end bridges and over the central bridge, said shank turned upward at its outer end, and the inner end bent at right angles to the said shank, thence parallel therewith, and provided at its outer end with a retaining-point in a plane at right angles to the plane of said shank, the corner of the plate beneath the point of the lever cut away, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR B. VVILCOX.

Witnesses:

T. J. SULLIVAN, L. O. HINMAN. 

